Top Little East Conference weekly honor for PSU Mens Hoop player

Dec 18, 2006

PLYMOUTH, N.H. - One of the senior captains on
the Plymouth State University men's basketball team received the
top weekly honor from the Little East Conference Monday for his
accomplishments in two Panther games last week.

Senior Mike Walcek (Dover, N.H.) was named LEC
Men's Basketball Player of the Week after leading the Panthers in a
pair of outings. He is the second Panther this season to earn the
weekly honor, joining classmate and former high school teammate
Devin Ruocco (Dover, N.H.), who received the award
two weeks ago.

A 6'4" forward, Walcek (left) averaged 26.5 points and
8.5 rebounds for the week, including a career-high 31 points in
last Saturday's 92-86 overtime victory over Johnson & Wales. He
scored PSU's first 10 points in the overtime session on a lay-up,
five free throws and a three-point basket. Walcek also registered
22 points and nine rebounds in last Tuesday's 87-77 setback at
Tufts, and added eight boards to his 31 points in the win over JWU,
scoring 16 points from the free throw line. Walcek scored 28 points
on the week from the FT line, converting at an 84.8 percent clip.

An All-LEC Second Team pick a year ago, Walcek is again proving
to be one of the top players in the conference. He is second in the
league in scoring (16.3 points per game), fourth in rebounding (7.3
per game), sixth in assists (3.6 per game), and seventh in free
throw percentage (79.7).

PSU, 6-5 overall and 0-2 in conference play, is idle from
competition for two weeks for final exams and a holiday break. The
Panthers are back on the court on Tuesday, Jan. 2, when they host
Bowdoin College at Foley Gymnasium (6:00 p.m.)